Combination sliding subbase and scraper for auto jacks



April 4, 1933 w. B. MITCHELL. 1,903,341

COMBINATION SLIDING SUBBASE AND SCRAPER FOR AUTO JACKS Filed March 16, 1932 www" Y vanas-SWW, v ATTORNEY I 40 effectively scraping and leveling a roadway y 45 changing of a` tire on any of the wheels there- Patented Apr. 4, 1933 .l y i i i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WAYNE BRICE MITCHELL, F QUEBEC, animano, CANADAz n i COMBINATION sLIDING sUBBAsE AND sonarnit 'non AUTO nicks Applicationl led March 16, 1932. ySerial No. 599,267.

The object of this, my present invention, is pair of upstanding lugs 3. The opposite the provision of a device in the nature of an ends of the plate 1 are bent or flanged upaccessory for automobiles. wardly, as at' 4 and 5, respectively. The

The object of the invention is the provision Vflange 5 is arranged at the outer `end of the 5 of a device which is designed for employment plate, and this flange, as well as theflange4 55 as a scraper for leveling a road and as a supis centrallynotched or cutaway and are proport for effectively sustaining thereon a liftvided with projections 6j and 7 that project ing jack when it is necessary that the tire on from the said notched or cutaway portionv of any of the wheels of an automobile be the improvement. -The i outer projection 6 changed and further wherein the device when has its end formed with an upwardly extend 60 not required for use may be folded upon itself ing lip 8, while the extension 7 is fiat through-- to provide a small package which may be out thelength thereof* In a line with the easily stored under the seat or at any other central notched portion, the flange 4 and the convenient place in the automobile. plate lare provided with lugs 9. There `is To the attainment of the foregoingthe inpassed through these lugs a double-'headedf' veiition consists in the improvement hereinpivot 10 that also passes through the eye end after described and deiiiitely claimed. 11 of the handle of the device.: The handle In the drawing: is made up of two sections 12 and 13, respec Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating the tively. The inner section 12 is provided with,

device arranged to support a lifting jack theeye 11,and the confronting ends of the 70 thereon. handle sections 12 and 13 are connected to- Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof. gether by a hinge 14. v The outer section 12 of Figure 3 is an approximately longitudinal the handle, opposite the hinge, is offset and sectional view thereof but illustrating the extended to afford a lip 15, and this `lip is Y device employed as a scraper for leveling a designed to be brought into contact with the 5 roadbed. under facel of the section 12 when the pla-tel. Figure 4 is a side elevation ofthe device in affords a support for a lifting jack disclosed collapsed or folded position. by the dotted lines in Figure 2 of the'draw- Figure 5 is a perspective view of the body ingand indicated by the character 16. rIhe plate of the device. base of the jack is preferably provided with ,80

As is well known to automobilisteI it is eX- openingsto receive therein the lugs 3 and the ti'emely difficult t0 obtain a firm purchase base of the jack restson the roughened surfolfl lifting lack @Silleda-UY @Il d'ilt 01 maadface 2 of the plate, 1. The jack is thus iinamlzed IOadS and llkeWlSe mcldent t0 of' movably supported upon the plate and the 91,311 matters Sklch as gl'eSe-a gflme etc-a 1t 1S plate maybe moved by the handle to arrange 5 dlffcult tof'btl'm Such Purchase' on a; Concrete the jack directly beneath the rear or front roadway' Wlth m5. Improvement 1b Wlu be axle ofan automobile which is to beraised loted asd thl dscrptlonl PIOTSSS tha, I by the jack for the' replacement of a tire. 4As lave pro ce an eX Teme y Simp e evlce or previously stated, Vthe; road over which the '90 vehicle travels, in most instances requires face so that the jack can be readily operate-d Scrapmg and leveling before'ia. Jack can Obtain Without liability ef uiting or wot-bung in e WOP@ Parches@ @emga-mst f1-Hd te 11C- elevatng the bodv of an automobile for complish this I reverse the device from a position disclosed by Figures land 2 so that 95 of. The improvement essentially comprises the flanges 4 and 5 Wlll be 'mged 312211155 L a flat metal plate l which is both light and 1`-02Ll Sul'fflC@ and he 11p l5 Off the hahdl SGC- strong. The plate 1 has one @if its faces eention 13 will bearranged over instead'of under trally roughened, as at 2, and to one side of the handle section 12. By operating the the roughened portion is provided with a handleto move the plate 1 backward and100 and for supporting a jack on such level surforward the flanges t and 5 eectively scrape latch on the outer handle section swingable the road surface to level the same so that over the plate when the device is in collapsed when the device is turned to the position discondition.

closed by Figures 1 and 2 the under and nonflanged face of the plate will rest upon such leveled surface and, as previously stated, effectively support the jack thereon. A

Pivotally secured to the outer handle section 13 there is the offset end of a latch member 16. The latch is provided with a finger grip 17, and when the handle is folded as disclosed by Figure 4 of the drawing the handle section 13 is swungvover the handle section 12 and both of these sections are received through the notch 18 in the flange 5 of the plate, the handle section 13 resting on the lip 8 o-f the extension 6. The latch 16 is of spring metal and the same is now swung on its pivot to arrange the said latch over what I 'have termed the bottom of the plate. 1. The

device is now Vfolded into a small compact package which can be readily received in a tool compartment, beneath theseat, o-r at any other convenient place in an automobile.

Having described the invention, I claim 1. A device for the purpose described, oomprising a platform having its front and rear lends flanged `in the same direction and the .through lthe notch in the outer flange, and

means carried by the outer handle section for latching the folded handles to the plate.

2. A device for the purpose set forth, comi prising'a flat plate having its inner and its outer ends flanged in the same direction andV said flanges being centrally provided with alining notches and the plate having eXtensions whichr project from the notches and the outer extension having a lipped end, said plate having upstanding spaced lugs acent to the inner flange and having a roughened surface between the lugs and the outer flange,

lugson the inner flange alining with the v notch therethrough, a handle comprising a flat bar which is pivotally secured between the last named lugs, said handle comprising two hingedly associated sections and the outer section having a lip extension to overlie the inner section when the handle sections are in a line, said sections, when swung against each other, designed to pass through the notch of the outer flange toi have one of said sections rest on the lipped end of the outer extension, and a pivot-ally supported spring ,l

In testimony whereof I aliiX my signature.

WAYNE BRICE MITCHELL. 

